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THEME EXPLORATION

money theft

18 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Nagisa Oshima
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
Gomorrah
Gomorrah
2008 · Matteo Garrone
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
Money Crazy
Money Crazy
1977 · John Woo
Raining in the Mountain
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
Christina
Christina
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
Les Trésors de satan
Les Trésors de satan
1902 · Georges Méliès
The Saint
The Saint
1997 · Phillip Noyce
The Singing Thief
The Singing Thief
1969 · Chang Cheh
Um Ladrão
Um Ladrão
1980 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
When the Fog Lifts
When the Fog Lifts
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut → France

His film 'Shoot the Piano Player' and particularly 'Jules and Jim' explore the moral complexities of theft and desire through intimate character studies.

Stanley Kubrick → United States

His masterpiece 'The Killing' dissects a racetrack heist with surgical precision, examining how money theft corrupts human relationships and fate.

Jean-Pierre Melville → France

His neo-noir films like 'Bob le Flambeur' and 'Le Samouraï' are quintessential explorations of theft, honor, and the criminal underworld's code.

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